Remuneration
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
Cut the mustard.... runs the gambit.... but my real pet peeve is i.e. instead of e.g. :-)
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?
I was at a company gathering nearly 20 years ago and one of the ladies brought her young son. We were playing some sort of party-type game where words were involved. His word was brassiere. He pronounced it brochure. It elicited quite the chuckle.
aspdotnetdev wrote:
I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant?
Mine is well, or might as well.
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DavidCrow wrote:
His word was brassiere. He pronounced it brochure
Conceptually OK. After all, they do present something of interest.
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I once asked somebody, out loud, how to say "hors d'oeuvres". I pronounced it something like "whores day ewv rays".
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People who say
instead of
could/would/should of
could/would/should have
flaunt
flout
haitch
aitch
off my own back
off my own bat
pacific
specific
nucular
nuclear
and people who cannot pronounce a simple three syllable name (mine)
Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash
My daughter is 5, and was saying haitch the other day. I said no, aitch. My wife said no, haitch. My daughter says her teacher has told them haitch. So I asked my mother who until recently taught children of a similar age. She said she said and taught aitch, although her father said haitch. I am adamant that the school should not be teaching haitch, and all this is a just after the following story on the BBC website; Haitch or Aitch[^]
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
I still remember (many years later) being quite shocked when I was told (in front of a class of about 30) that it's comparison, not comparism.
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
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Not as bad as: She sells sea shells by the sea shore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, I'm sure she sells seashore shells.
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My daughter is 5, and was saying haitch the other day. I said no, aitch. My wife said no, haitch. My daughter says her teacher has told them haitch. So I asked my mother who until recently taught children of a similar age. She said she said and taught aitch, although her father said haitch. I am adamant that the school should not be teaching haitch, and all this is a just after the following story on the BBC website; Haitch or Aitch[^]
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
We have the same issue with my 7 year old granddaughter. Fortunately, her mother is Afrikaans so accepts what we say about "correct" English. Unfortunately far too many primary school teachers are not as literate as they should be.
Just say 'NO' to evaluated arguments for diadic functions! Ash
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
A co-worker who I used to fancy something rotten, would always say when she was hungry "I'm ravishing". I could but agree with her.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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People who say pacific instead of specific need to be beaten until they stop. These seem to mostly be women. I actually saw someone write "anyone persific?" the other day. Londoners cannot say Birmingham, they say Birmanum. I always pronounced Arkansas as it is written until I saw something to do with Bill Clinton where there was a caption on the TV.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
ChrisElston wrote:
People who say pacific instead of specific
Gosh, they need to go to the libary, than there vocab would be nucalur.
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That reminds me of...
I'm not a pheasant plucker, I'm a pheasant plucker's son I'm only plucking pheasants 'till the pheasant plucker comes...
Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly. ;)
aspdotnetdev wrote:
Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly
One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. And they all felt smart together!!
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A co-worker who I used to fancy something rotten, would always say when she was hungry "I'm ravishing". I could but agree with her.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Ha, that's straight out of that movie with Angelina Jolie and what's his face from the Pirates movies. "You look ravenous." "Do you mean ravishing?" "Uh, yes."
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Ha, that's straight out of that movie with Angelina Jolie and what's his face from the Pirates movies. "You look ravenous." "Do you mean ravishing?" "Uh, yes."
My working career pre-dates the 'Pirate' movies by many, many, tears. Hey perhaps they nicked it off of me. Get back to you later, I'm of to my Lawyers office.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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My working career pre-dates the 'Pirate' movies by many, many, tears. Hey perhaps they nicked it off of me. Get back to you later, I'm of to my Lawyers office.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
Henry Minute wrote:
I'm of to my Lawyers office.
You will use any excuse to visit her. She must be ravenous.
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To my surprise, I've been using the wrong word. It's remuneration, not renumeration. :doh: Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into? I know somebody who used to say "mines well"... any guesses as to what they actually meant? :)
aspdotnetdev wrote:
Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?
Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?
Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).
Never forget to Dispose any of the ODP.NET objects
You must be, well, retarded -- by your peers. :)
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
Any other common misspellings or incorrect usages of words you have run into?
Many times, in my email signature, I type "Retards" instead of "Regards". So far, I have not sent any email with former (or I think so).
Never forget to Dispose any of the ODP.NET objects
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You must be, well, retarded -- by your peers. :)
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aspdotnetdev wrote:
Go ahead, try saying it out loud quickly
One smart fellow, he felt smart. Two smart fellows, they felt smart. Three smart fellows, they felt smart. And they all felt smart together!!
I don't have ADHD, I have ADOS... Attention Deficit oooh SHINY!! If you like cars, check out the Booger Mobile blog | If you feel generous - make a donation to Camp Quality!!
:~ How did this whole thread devolve into "Tongue-Twisters"?
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